? about 10mm strut spacer on the raised US cars

Noel · 02-02-2003, 05:22 AM

I had my car (1980 911SC) lowered and counter balanced about a year ago to the standard 25"/ 25.5" standard. However, the large spacer on top of the front strut was never removed. If I remove it now, will I cause any issues with rideheight or the alignment?

Thanks guys.

Noel

pbs911 · pbs911's Garage

As long as you do not touch the three bolts that hold the alignment settings, no. Just remove the one center bolt on top of the strut to remove the spacer.

speeder · speeder's Garage

I would personally have an issue w/ whoever did the work. Was he not familiar enough w/ 911s to know about this spacer? And I assume you meant "corner" balanced, maybe bring it back, have them remove spacers and re-check alignment, on the house of course.

Noel · 02-02-2003, 09:04 AM

Speeder, I do have an issue with the shop that perfomed the work and I no longer use them for the 911. At the end of the job, I had mentioned to them something about Bruce Anderson and they didn't know who that was. It is a mystery why they always have a 911 or two in there bay and not know this. It is however, a Foreign Car shop and not specific to Porsche or German cars. Lesson learned.

Thanks for the reply.

Noel